The "Publication Manual" is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators. Although it is specifically designed to help writers in the behavioral sciences and social sciences, anyone who writes non-fiction prose can benefit from its guidance. The newly-revised Sixth Edition has not only been rewritten. It has also been thoroughly rethought and reorganized, making it the most user-friendly "Publication Manual" the APA has ever produced. You will be able to find answers to your questions faster than ever before. When you need advice on how to present information, including text, data, and graphics, for publication in any type of format--such as college and university papers, professional journals, presentations for colleagues, and online publication--you will find the advice you're looking for in the "Publication Manual."

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I purchased this from MagicBook1234...perhaps that should have been my first clue. However, I purchased from them because they had the best price and the reviews for the seller seemed to be good...then I started working on my paper and found GLARING issues with the spiral copy of the manual I received.

There is no way this is the approved manual. Perhaps a first run or someone horribly plagiarized the book. Glaring issues are throughout. Ex: on page 67 of the spiral book: First sentence says "mtending" instead of intending. Same pg 1st sentence under section 3.08 states "only what needs to be said". This section starts with a lower case and it is not a complete sentence! Page 68 says "10-year-olc*" instead of 10-year-old. There are level 2 headings not bolded when most are. I could go on. Be cautious when purchasing.

The spiralbook bound copy sold by NEWBOOKSWORLD was not an accurate copy of the APA.If you look on Page 198 and look at the sample citation for Journal Article with DOI, you might see that the title of the journal is not italicized (for some copies it is like that), which is the proper APA format. I'm not sure if I just got a reject book or if it was an error in printing. I've compared it to other classmate books and mine was wrong. I don't know if I can trust this copy of my APA book that I received from NEWBOOKSWORLD to reference for my papers now. ALSO, SOME PAGES OF THE book did not print cleanly, like the ink from the previous page transfered onto the next page.

Unfortunately, this is one of the most used books I have at the moment. As a doctoral student at Walden University this has been within arm’s reach for three years. Rarely a day goes by that I do not open this book for something as I am now writing my doctoral study. I will say though that if you are buying this book, make sure you buy the newest version of it. They will hit you for everything possible in the writing and revising process. Believe me, some of those committee members are going through every part of your writing with a fine tooth comb and have the newest version of this book right beside them. You better have yours too!

Personally, I detest APA since I am a historian by trade and write primarily in Turabian. I end up with the same problems there because they updated that version with a new upgrade and made changes. APA will almost certainly be making changes for electronic materials, but until they do you had better be using the formats in this book. So much of this book is vital to your success in the doctoral process, that I highly advise everyone to steer clear of older versions. I know that bites in the reselling, but that’s just the way it is.

I love e-books, but in this case I definitely preferred the print version. I have so many screens open on the computer as it is now. That made me stick with the print version. It also appears that the fifth and sixth printings of the 6th Edition version are the ones that have been revised and corrected the most. So keep that in mind when ordering this book and stick with the newest version or printing. Again, this is a must have book for doctoral students who use APA. Since so much depends on the way you write, you should invest in this book and the newest version of it. This is definitely not the book to cut corners on.

I’ve used it since I got it and it has definitely helped me get to where I am at. Every time I made an error with the formats it was my fault and not the book’s. This is the version my chair has sitting beside him as well as the rest of the committee members. I know because he told me the school sent them the newest versions to use. So there you go. With the high costs of grad school and the length of time you will be investing in the programs, paying $35 or so for this book is one of the best investments you will be making for your education. To give you an idea of how important this book is, my wife bought her own copy for her use because I was using mine so much!

This is clearly photocopied or scanned and reprinted. I intend to contact the publisher to alert them to the suspected-pirated copies. As for the publication manual as a reference, I need to look up several citation specifics online. For example, this book was useless for citing a TED Talks video or a class syllabus. I only wanted it because it's "required" for a class.

Specifically, the Kindle edition of this style guide is a disaster. It's hard to use search. It's hard to read due to its small font size, and -- unlike other Kindle books -- there is no immediate way I could see to change the size. The entire work is formatted like the print edition, but on a small screen like the iPhone, such a format is all but useless.

Worst of all, the Kindle edition does not work with Kindle's online reader (read.amazon.com), which is where most people using this book would probably use the Kindle edition.

I've returned the ebook version and will purchase a print copy (oh so 20th century!) at a later date.

The item is as described and I'd give it a five but the quality of the book is terrible. I just got it today, opened it up to use it for the first time, and in under five minutes the binding broke open. I'm including pics. I figure I will try to get the binding cut and have it spiral bound instead, but needing to do that really sucks. I hadn't even tried to open it flat, and it still just broke open. Any amount of use and the pages will be everywhere.